Sajjad Jaffer

Sajjad Jaffer is the Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning at GrowthCurve Capital. Previously, Sajjad co-founded Two Six Capital, the Silicon Valley firm that pioneered Data Science for Private Equity. His arc began as a startup entrepreneur in 2012 when he found 25 years of Ph.D. research developed by Wharton Professors Eric Bradlow and Peter Fader. Two Six was launched in 2013 with a team of Ph.D. Data Scientists and Data Engineers that applied this research to private equity investing.

The company developed a technology platform that combined large-scale engineering and data science models to over $160 billion of granular receipt-level data. The platform was forward deployed on over $30 billion of private equity deals that closed across industry sectors in the US, Europe, and Asia. Sajjad successfully exited Two Six in 2021 after being acquired by West Monroe Partners.



Sajjad’s work and Two Six have been profiled by Harvard Business Review, Private Equity International, Mergers and Acquisitions magazine, Knowledge@Wharton, Private Equity Technology, Forbes, FT Fundfire, Institutional Investor, and Business Insider.



Sajjad also serves on the board of Wharton AI and Analytics and has been involved in the school's data, analytics, and AI initiatives since 2015. He holds a B.A. from Bowdoin, where he double majored in Computer Science and Government and minored in Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.